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These bodies of work comprise one body of creation that art and design professor Scott F. Hall (BFA in sculpture, 1991, MFA in sculpture, 1994) has been producing from 1989 to present. Hall developed this style initially by creating large, entwined spans of figures within drawings which were up to 3.5 meters wide. The drawn figures emerged through an automatic process of additive and subtractive mark making which tended to induce pareidolia (visions conjured from the amorphous field). Once noticed in the field, each figure could be elaborated upon to more fully bring it into view. As an undergraduate sculpture major at that early time, Hall began to create equivalent 3-D imagery focused on the single clay-modeled figure presented in a particular pose, usually in half-bodied form. Throughout this three-decades-long series, Hall's sculptures show figures in solitary and bound conditions: this depiction refers directly to Existentialist philosophy which was of focal interest to him in the late '80s during the heyday of Postmodern disillusionment. Although Hall's philosophical outlook has moved well beyond Existentialism and Postmodernism, the stark and quietly tortured look of his figures persists for consistency. Each sculpture in this series begins in white oil-based clay on a small scale, with the height of each figure ranging about 12 to 20 centimeters. Modeling is done entirely with the fingers. Composition of poses happens only during study phases; these occur prior to actual sculpting of clay. Hall sculpts each figure quickly and from memory, resulting in high realism but an impressionist sense: each viewer is led to interpret each Hall sculpture for himself/herself. Following sculpting, each clay figure is turntable-scanned, cleaned of stray pixels, and converted to STL file. If some artifacts of digital processing persist (i.e., small areas of faceting), Hall tends to accept these as markers of process. Several of Hall's earliest pieces were molded in silicone and cast in wax, plaster, or resin. The very first piece in this series exists as a one-of-a-kind lost wax bronze, remaining in the collection of the artist. Contact e-mail: Scott.Hall@ucf.edu Biography: https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/?id=92